terry9
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| Audiophiles are not alone 1. Shannon's Theorem, or Nyqvist Done Right.2. Always used.3. An engineering solution should have some basis in fact or theory. Shannon is digital audio's. | |
| Audiophiles are not alone Thank you rcprince and frogman. You have explained why the so-called 'scientific' test was probably not, in fact, scientific.Science is a method of knowing, and it requires not only a knowledge of scientific practice, but of the subject matter (in... | |
| High mass vs Low Mass Turntables - Sound difference? As 3blm said, high mass platters have lower wow and flutter and a lower noise floor. If the manufacturer is careful, and uses a low power motor, wow and flutter pretty much disappear. If the bearing is air, the noise floor converges to zero. | |
| Glare on Choral recordings, classical vocals I enjoy classical choral very much on my system. For whatever reason, the analogue material on Argo vinyl is beautiful, engaging, and non-fatiguing, while I never listen to digital vinyl for this material.I can sometimes enjoy a Harmonia Mundi SAC... | |
| Phonostage For cleaning vinyl, I suggest Vinyl Stack, a US company. They provide products all the way from hand cleaning to ultrasonic. As the manufacturer, they can offer superior quality for bargain prices. | |
| Can I Live With A Hardwood Floor? If you’re thinking about conditioning, consider an isolation transformer. Plitron makes a good one - I use four of them - they were among the first to design in North America and build to the highest specification in China. The build quality is Ge... | |
| Can I Live With A Hardwood Floor? If you seriously want to improve the Quads, find a good tech who is experienced with high voltage equipment. Get him to install better step-ups (I use Plitron , based on a Vanderveen design), and replace the ugly resistor at the input of the circu... | |
| Can I Live With A Hardwood Floor? I too have 2905’s. My floor is granite. A few thoughts.Anything you can do to make the walls, floors, or ceiling a bit rough is helpful. I use a large Persian carpet on one wall, and 12" x 24" rectangular patterns of 1" wood trim on the ceiling.Eq... | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? I have owned planars exclusively since 1973. Obviously, I agree with the positives above. Inner detail, natural sound, etc. Yes, for head banging you do need a lot of power, it's true.The big thing, to me, is that some planars, and I don't know ab... | |
| Richard Clark $10,000 Amplifier Challenge - Why Couldn't Anyone Pass this Test?? Changing the subject entirely, Ralph, did they ever retire that Nobel for Patience? | |
| Richard Clark $10,000 Amplifier Challenge - Why Couldn't Anyone Pass this Test?? The test is CD based. That might be why. | |
| Outlet My error - 2 AWG feeding the subpanel. | |
| Outlet I’ll tell you what I’ve done, and it works.1. Subpanel fed by 00 AWG wire. Siemens.2. Isolation transformers. Four of them. Plitron sells a good one.3. 12 AWG wire, every component on a dedicated line.4. Industrial quality outlets, about $15 - and... | |
| Cartridge reccomdations? Masterplan, I suspect that you would get far more bang for the buck by improving record cleaning first. Going from VPI 16.5 record cleaning to ultrasound was a bigger difference, for me, than going from high end MM to higher end Koetsu.The added a... | |
| “Invest” in Tekton? Completely agree with those who suggest listening first. Buying without listening is like a motor vacation without a map - exciting, but expensive. |